Gunnar Broberg

{{Short description|Swedish academic (1942–2022)}}

{{For|the Swedish Olympic sailor|Gunnar Broberg (sailor)}}

{{Infobox academic

| name = Gunnar Broberg

| image = Gunnar Broberg 02.jpg

| caption = Broberg in 2019

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|09|05|mf=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2022|04|30|1942|09|05}}

| birth_place = Flen, Sweden

| death_place = Lund, Sweden

| discipline = History of Science and Ideas

| work_institutions = Lund University

| alma_mater = Uppsala University

| awards = {{br separated entries|Augustpriset 1992|Gleerups facklitterära pris 2004|Einar Hansens hederspris 2013|Kellgrenpriset 2020|Stora historiepriset 2020}}

}}

Gunnar Broberg (5 September 1942 – 30 April 2022) was professor in History of Science and Ideas at Lund University, Sweden, appointed in 1990. Broberg has written about the compulsory sterilization activities in SwedenBroberg, G. (2005). Statlig rasforskning: en historik över rasbiologiska institutet. Lund: Lund University. and extensively about the scientist Carl Linnaeus.Broberg, G. (2006). Carl Linnaeus. Stockholm: Swedish Institute. In 2005 he was elected Chair of the Royal Humanistic Scientific Society in Lund (Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet i Lund).{{Cite web |url=http://www.samfundetilund.se/styrelse.htm |title=Governing body of Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet i Lund |access-date=2010-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827202136/http://www.samfundetilund.se/styrelse.htm |archive-date=2010-08-27 |url-status=dead }} He was the editor of the book Gyllene äpplen (Golden apples), which won the August Prize (Augustpriset) in 1992.[http://augustpriset.se/tidigare-ar/nominerade-i-alfabetisk-ordning Augustpriset, alla nominerade i alfabetisk ordning] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811023228/http://augustpriset.se/tidigare-ar/nominerade-i-alfabetisk-ordning |date=2010-08-11 }}